Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27

Ir is said that the new laws of Ohio re
lating to married persons render Obso-
Iete twelve pOnderous volumes on dover
and curtesJ, and thereby greatly simpli
fly The labors of the legal fraternity in
cases involving the property of husband
and wife.
The president, who, as everybody
knows, is a great lover of baseball, is
said to be very anxious that tho Washing
ton club should win the championship.
The town that comes out winner in the
cham pionship race must look for no faA
ors at the white house.
In the town library of Treves, Eng, has
been found book printed in 1863, and
describing the war of 1882 between the
Holy Roman Empire and the Turks. The
so-called Durandus type, one of the first
types used in the press of Peter Schoffer,
appears in the print on the cover.
LONDON at present bears off the palm
from Paris in the matter of recovering
the visits of American tourists. The
business men of London have discovered
that there are great meny very wealthy
people in America, and they desire to en-
courage tho visits of the mercantile
classes.
1uIs inEnaptipn n Tnaat N Rarlin iS "a
very important matter. Twelve veteri-
nary surgeons are employed to stamp it
before slaughter, and forty microscopic
samplers are continually engaged in er-
aminfng the meat exposed for sale. Be
sides these, 100 experts are employed in
various duties, twenty five of whom are
women.
AMERICAN people do not like to be dis
appointed when they go out to see a show.
The crowd that went to Hendersonville,
Ky, recently to see James McElroy
hanged were so mad on learning that he
had been repriyed that they hanged Gov
Knott in gffigy. They wanted it under
stood that the official who tampered
with the RmuserneGts OF the populace
does SO at his peril.
The usual number of perplexing conun-
drums were propounded to the inter state
commerce commission Saturday. rep
resentative of the Ohio and Mississippi
river steamboat interests made an argu-
ment against the further susponsion of
the long and short haul clause as to the
southern railroads, and a protest of like
tenor came from the business men Of
Marshall, Tex.
PREMIER NoRQUAY, of Manitoba, con
fesses himself unable to understand how
the Canadian Pacific company can con
strue the proposed grant of charters to
competing railway lines in his province
as breach of faith toward the holders
of it's securities. This is in response to the
threat of the Canadian Pacific to ruin
Winnipeg, if the contemplated grants
are made.
IKE cost of the municipal police of
Paris, exclusive of the commissaires and
the sedentary service, is over 81, SOC, 900 a
year, the material expenses figuring up
for about 81, 500 600, and salaries S2,12S,
600. The chief inspectors are paid 81,
200 year, the caption about 500, the
brigsdiers $500 year, and the $500 or
binary policeman receive an average of
S292, or l, SO francs a year.
II it takes month to get jury in the
case of two of the alleged Cook county
boodlers, how long is it going to take
to try them, and how long is it going TO
take to get iuries for and to try the doz.
en- cases remaining! These are not easy
questions to answer, but it looks as if in
natural order of events, the country
ringsters were nearer She grave than the
penitentiary.
SrxAKISG of the confederate monu-